Associate Professor
University of California, Santa Barbara
4836 Ellison Hall
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-4060
Phone Number: 805-893-4219
Fax Number: 805-893-2578
Email: carr@geog.ic.ucsb.edu -- Will not be published
Presentation Title: Examining Proximate and Underlying Causes of LUCC: Mixed theory and mixed methods
Abstract:
Unprecedented population growth and migration accompanied equally unprecedented land use and land
cover change in the tropics during the latter decades of the twentieth century. Diverse land change science conceptual theories are evaluated. The paper then examine theoretical and empirical advantages and disadvantages to employing spatial versus multi-level models for researching tropical LUCC at local and regional scales. Different models help elucidate how drivers can be simultaneously present, acting influentially at different spatial and demographic levels.
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